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11/28/2012 || NEW POLITICAL PARTY LAUNCHED 1 The National United Front (NUF) was launched in Grenada on Tuesday night promising to provide an alternative to the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the main opposition New National Party (NNP). “You have finally found a party you can vote for in 2013,” said former environment mini...Read More >>>   11/27/2012 || SANDALS LASOURCE GRENADA RESORT TO OPEN IN 2013 0 Sandals Resorts International (SRI), parent company of Sandals Resorts, Beaches Resorts and Grand Pineapple Beach Resorts, announced the purchase of La Source Resort in Grenada for an undisclosed sum. The agreement to acquire the resort represents the brand’s first property in this Eastern Cari...Read More >>>   11/27/2012 || WICB HEAD PRAISES TEAM'S WIN OVER BANGLADESH 1 The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) has heaped praise on players who achieved personal milestones during the Windies series win over Bangladesh. The players include Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Tino Best, Kieran Powell and Marlon Samuels. "They are all assets to the team, but every single player h...Read More >>>   11/27/2012 || GET READY FOR GRENADA SAILING WEEK 2 Organizers of the newly formed Grenada Sail Week, which replaces the keelboat regatta previously organized by the Grenada Sailing Festival, invite sailors from near and far to come and "Sail de Spice" January 31 to February 5, 2013. In a press release, Grenada Sailing Week organizers said they h...Read More >>>   11/24/2012 || PRIME MINISTER MEETS NOI LEADER LOUIS FARRAKHAN 0 ST. GEORGE, GRENADA, NOVEMBER 23, 2012 _ Prime Minister Hon. Tillman Thomas on Friday met and held discussions with the Leader of the Nation of Islam, (NOI) Minister Louis Farrakhan. Minister Farrakhan arrived in Grenada on Wednesday for a four day visit, the first stop on a revived Caribbean tou...Read More >>>   11/24/2012 || TOURISM MINISTER SAYS TOURISM SECTOR CAN BENEFIT F... 2 St. George’s November 23rd 2012………Minister for Tourism Senator Dr. George Vincent says the Caribbean Youth Forum on safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage taking place in Grenada, can have long term benefits for this country’s tourism sector. In delivering the feature address at the opening ce...Read More >>>   11/24/2012 || PREPARING FOR DROUGHT 2 ST. GEORGE, GRENADA, NOVEMBER 22, 2012_ The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries is asking farmers and the general public to begin preparing for a possible water shortage in the first half of 2013. The ministry is observing with concern the below average rainfall experienced for most o...Read More >>>   11/24/2012 || ELECTRICITY AND ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY TRAINING FOR... 2 St. George’s Grenada, Thursday 22nd November, 2012, MOEPRU – More than a dozen secondary school teachers from across the island will participate in a week long training session, on Electricity and Electronic Technology. The workshop, organized by the Curriculum Development Unit of the Ministry o...Read More >>>   11/24/2012 || GRENADA RECEIVES GIFT OF VECHICLES FROM SOUTH KORE... 1 ST. GEORGE, GRENADA, NOVEMBER 20, 2012 _ Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs Hon. Tillman Thomas today accepted the keys for three vehicles from Ambassador of the Republic of Korea to Grenada Wonkun Hwang. The gift of two Kia Sportage SUVs and a Kia Optima car, were handed over today,...Read More >>>   11/20/2012 || TOURISM MATTERS 4 Prime Minister of Grenada, the Hon. Tillman Thomas, recently described the purchase of the former La Source by Sandals as “a potential game-changer for our tourism industry”. He went on to say, the entry of resort company Sandals to Grenada’s market is “a tide that could lift all boats”. I think ...Read More >>>   11/20/2012 || GRENADA'S ERA OF DARKNESS AND UNCERTAINTY CONTINUE... 8 As peace-loving Grenadians at home and in the Diaspora prepare themselves for the celebrations of the Yuletide season, there is an era of darkness and uncertainty that continues to haunt the Thomas administration unabated. A few days ago former Foreign Minister Karl Hood was knocking on the doors...Read More >>>   11/16/2012 || GRENADA TO OBSERVE INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR TOLERANCE 0 St. George’s Grenada, Wednesday 14th November, 2012, MOEPRU – Grenada will join the rest of the world on Friday November 16, 2012, in observing International Day for Tolerance. The Day is observed annually on November 16, to educate people about the need for tolerance in society and to increase u...Read More >>>   11/16/2012 || AMERICAN AIRLINES TO INCREASE FLIGHTS INTO GRENADA 4 St George’s November 13, 2012: American Airlines (AA) will re-introduce a fourth flight into Grenada as of November 21st 2012. In September this year American Airlines, in collaboration with the Government of Grenada, announced a reduction of its schedule, due to a decrease in demand for seats. ...Read More >>>   10/31/2012 || GRENADIANS ARE READY TO SAY GOODBYE TO TILLY AND T... 17 Parliamentary prorogation, a minority government and growing undemocratic practices by the Thomas junta continue to keep Grenadians alarmed and disturbed. The existing Thomas saga has created a very unified environment that the reasonable question being posed to Thomas and his inner circle is: When ...Read More >>>   10/31/2012 || GENERAL ELECTION IS INSTITUTIONALISED POWER STRUGG... 4 ST GEORGE’S, Grenada - Grenadian university lecturer, Dr Wayne Sandiford, has dismissed arguments of ideological differences contributing to divisions in the ruling NDC party, and that one group of members has been power hungry. Today’s world is “unipolar” and, to the extent that there are “ide...Read More >>>   10/31/2012 || GRENADA OPPOSITION CONCERNED ABOUT RAPIDLY INCREAS... 7 ST GEORGE’S, Grenada - Members of the opposition continue to express serious concerns about the rapidly increasing rate of unemployment in Grenada. Since the National Democratic Congress (NDC) assumed office, the unemployment rate has grown steadily from just over 20% in 2007 to over 40% in 2012. ...Read More >>>   10/31/2012 || GRENADA AND THE DOING BUSINESS REPORT 1 ST. GEORGE’S, GRENADA Monday, October 29, 2012: The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has released its latest Doing Business Report. The report shows that Grenada fell in the rankings by three (3) points from an adjusted ranking of 97 to 100. However, Grenada went up by eight (8) points in the...Read More >>>   10/31/2012 || NUTMEG FESTIVAL LAUNCHED 1 ST. GEORGE, GRENADA, OCTOBER 30, 2012_ The Belvedere rain forest provided an attractive backdrop for the formal launch of the Grenada Nutmeg and Spice Festival which took place on October 26th. Once home to thriving nutmeg plantations, the Belvedere area awakened fond memories of the hay day of t...Read More >>>   10/31/2012 || GRENADA EXPRESSES EMPATHY WITH COUNTRIES RAVAGED B... 0 ST.GEORGE, GRENADA, OCTOBER 29, 2012_ The Government of Grenada has empathized with the Government and people of the Caribbean Islands hit by Hurricane Sandy resulting in the loss of life and destruction to property, livestock and infrastructure. Prime Minister Hon. Tillman Thomas expressed condo...Read More >>>   10/29/2012 || WANTED MAN 0 Alister STANISLAUS, 34 years of Mt. Parnassus, St. George’s is wanted by the Criminal Investigation Department, St. George in connection with the offences of STEALING and BANK FRAUD A description of the subject is set out hereunder:- DESCRIPTION NAME: Alister STANISLAUS AGE: 34 year...Read More >>>   10/29/2012 || HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT DIVISION REACHING OUT T... 0 St. George’s Grenada, Monday 29th October, 2012, MOEPRU – Secondary School students across the island are being targeted, as part of the build up to the 2nd Annual Human Resource Development Division Expo 2012. The Division is reaching out to students of both private and public secondary schools ...Read More >>>   10/29/2012 || GRENADA MOVING FORWARD WITH NEW HOSPITAL 3 ST. GEORGE’S, GRENADA Friday, October 26, 2012: Following the announcement of the results of the Request for Qualification process for the Grenada Replacement Hospital PPP, in which the Government declared Balfour Beatty Capital Inc. as the only qualified bidder, the Government of Grenada is now ple...Read More >>>   10/26/2012 || KIRANI JAMES NAMED COMMONWEALTH MALE ATHLETE OF TH... 1 At an impressive ceremony attended by many former and current athletic stars and administrators, at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Trinidad, awards and accolades were given at the 30th annual Commonwealth Sports Awards. The event was convened to coincide with the 50th anniversary of Trinidad & Tobago. ...Read More >>>   10/24/2012 || RUNAWAY SCHOOL GIRL 3 Police is seeking the assistance of the general public in locating a missing fifteen year old student who has failed to return home after attending school. Carleisha Medford of Golf Course, St. George who left her home for school on Wednesday 17th October, 2012 was last seen wearing part of her s...Read More >>>   10/24/2012 || 2012 DUTY FREE BARREL PROGRAMME TO BEGIN IN NOVEMB... 5 ST. GEORGE’S GRENADA, Wednesday, October 24, 2012:For the fifth (5th) consecutive year, the Government of Grenada will roll out its Duty Free Barrel Programme for the Christmas Season. This year’s programme will run from November 1st to December 31st, 2012. As in previous years, under this initia...Read More >>>   10/24/2012 || GRENADA TO HOST CARICOM STATISTICS MEETING 1 ST. GEORGE’S, GRENADA Wednesday, October 24, 2012: The Ministry of Finance is pleased to announce that Grenada will be hosting the following CARICOM Meetings: · Thirty-Seventh Meeting of the Standing Committee of Caribbean Statisticians (SCCS) 29th- 31st October 2012, · The Twent...Read More >>>   10/17/2012 || THOMAS'S MOCKERY OF DEMOCRACY IS AT NDC'S PERIL 12 The action taken by Grenada’s Prime Minister Tillman Thomas to prorogue Parliament indefinitely is seen by the vast majority of people at home and abroad as an abuse of power; a mockery of the democratic process as we know it and a last ditch attempt by a discredited and incompetent government and p...Read More >>>   10/17/2012 || DON'T EXPECT THE POLITICAL CONFUSION IN GRENADA TO... 1 Don’t expect the political confusion in Grenada to calm down very soon, even though the ruling party has successfully purged members who opposed the leadership and wanted to take over the reins of the political organisation. After Prime Minister Tillman Thomas's faction successfully took complete...Read More >>>   10/17/2012 || MESSAGE FROM THE SECRETARY- GENERAL CARIBBEAN COMM... 0 Monday, 15 October 2012 marks the fourth observance by the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) of Caribbean Statistics Day, which is aimed not only at raising the profile of statistics and statisticians across the Region but also at recognising the crucial role of statistics in the advancement of the dail...Read More >>>     10/15/2012 || CAUSING DANGEROUS HARM UPGRADED TO MURDER 2 A St. David man, who on Monday October 8th, 2012 appeared before the St. David Magistrate Court charged with causing dangerous harm, has now been charged with murder, following the death of the victim. 54 year old Cuthbert Phillip of Après Toute (St. David) died on Wednesday 10th October, 2012 at...Read More >>>